United Artists, Volume 2, 1951-1978: The Company That Changed the Film Industry

by Tino Balio

In this second volume of Tino Balio's history of United Artists, he examines the turnaround of the company in the hands of Arthur Krim and Robert Benjamin in the 1950s, when United Artists devised a successful strategy based on the financing and distribution of independent production that transformed the company into an industry leader. Drawing on corporate records and interviews, Balio follows United Artists through its merger with Transamerica in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299230147
• ISBN13: 9780299230142
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.0"